PICTURES: The complete Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno's vacated wins from 1998 to 2011 will be restored under a settlement proposed by the NCAA to resolve Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman's lawsuit over the sanctions.

Joe Paterno's vacated wins from 1998 to 2011 will be restored under a settlement proposed by the NCAA to resolve Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman's lawsuit over the sanctions. (Abby Drey / MCT)

The Penn State University students, many in tears, gather around the statue of Coach Joe Paterno after the news of his firing in University Park on Wednesday November 9, 2011.

The Penn State University students, many in tears, gather around the statue of Coach Joe Paterno after the news of his firing in University Park on Wednesday November 9, 2011. (MICHAEL KUBEL / THE MORNING CALL)

Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno is surrounded by the media while leaving the team's football building on November 8, 2011 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Amid allegations that former assistant Jerry Sandusky was involved with child sex abuse, Paterno's weekly news...

Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno is surrounded by the media while leaving the team's football building on November 8, 2011 in University Park, Pennsylvania. Amid allegations that former assistant Jerry Sandusky was involved with child sex abuse, Paterno's weekly news... (ROB CARR / GETTY IMAGES)

Mural artist Michael Pilato adds a halo on Joe Paterno to a mural he created, several years ago, in Downtown State College, Pennsylvania January 23, 2012. Mourners of Penn State football coach Joe Paternoadjusted to life without the man who was the face of the university for half a century on...

Mural artist Michael Pilato adds a halo on Joe Paterno to a mural he created, several years ago, in Downtown State College, Pennsylvania January 23, 2012. Mourners of Penn State football coach Joe Paternoadjusted to life without the man who was the face of the university for half a century on... (PAT LITTLE / REUTERS)